Ballislife.com explained

Ballislife.com
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Ballislife.com is an American sports website that provides basketball coverage and video mixtapes.[1] Founded in 2005 by young basketball fans Matt Rodriguez and Jonathan Durden,[2] [3] [4] the site is now owned by Rodriguez and Arek Kissoyan. It specializes in creating highlights of high school players,[5] as well as delivering up to date coverage in and around the sport of basketball as a whole. The company also sells a line of apparel to supplement its YouTube advertising revenue, and hosts a summer camp for fifth through ninth graders.[6]

In 2011, it started the Ballislife All-American Game, an annual high school all-star game.[7] Originally created to showcase West Coast basketball players, it grew to include top players from throughout the nation.[8] [9] Since the 2015–16 season, Ballislife.com has published the FAB 50 National Team Rankings, a weekly ranking of the top high school basketball teams in the nation, and has also awarded the Mr. Basketball USA honor, given to the top boys basketball player in the nation.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: BallisLife All-American Game. Mejia. Stephanie. March 25, 2011. Slam. https://web.archive.org/web/20130524152455/http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/high-school/2011/03/ballislife-all-american-game/. May 24, 2013.
  2. News: Video Kings: An oral history of Ballislife and Hoopmixtape. Littman. Chris. March 12, 2014. Sporting News. https://web.archive.org/web/20160811070200/http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/ballislife-hoopmixtape-oral-history-basketball-videos-derozan-jennings-dobbs-jordan/h1h7qd5mi5si1wr9hqmmjmw7p. August 11, 2016. live.
  3. News: Laird. Sam. Mixtape Madness. December 5, 2011. The Classical. January 21, 2019. In 2006, Wagner joined BallIsLife, then a new company founded by two young basketball fans looking to apply a variation of the And1 model to high school ball, which had been recently transformed by LeBron James..
  4. Web site: About Us. Ballislife.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160612065950/http://ballislife.com/contact-us/about-us/. June 12, 2016. live.
  5. News: Kentucky signees and Thon Maker star in BallIsLife.com All-American game. Ugland. Devin. May 3, 2015. USA Today. https://web.archive.org/web/20160627151215/http://usatodayhss.com/2015/kentucky-signees-and-thon-maker-star-in-ballislife-com-all-american-game. June 27, 2016. live.
  6. News: Casey. Tim. At Age 15 (or So) They Shoot, They Score, and Millions Watch. July 20, 2017. The New York Times. January 21, 2019.
  7. News: Boys' basketball: All-star game comes to Fullerton. March 28, 2011. Los Angeles Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20160814105146/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.m/varsitytimesinsider/2011/03/boys-basketball-all-star-game-comes-to-fullerton.html. August 14, 2016. live.
  8. News: 2016 Ballislife A-A Game April 30. Flores. Ronnie. April 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160818164238/http://www.calhisports.com/2016/04/05/2016-ballislife-a-a-game-april-30/. August 18, 2016. live. CalHiSports.com.
  9. News: Lonzo Ball earns MVP honors at Ballislife All-American Game in Long Beach. Guardabascio. Mike. April 30, 2016. Long Beach Press–Telegram. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505082146/http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/20160430/lonzo-ball-earns-mvp-honors-at-ballislife-all-american-game-in-long-beach. May 5, 2016. live.
  10. News: 2015-16 FAB 50 Rankings Announcement. Flores. Ronnie. November 10, 2015. Grassroots Hoops. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815193118/http://www.grassrootshoops.net/2015/11/preseason-2015-16-fab-50-rankings-updates/. August 15, 2016. live.

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